The text is an in memoriam for Karlo Primožič, PhD (1939–2020), a Slove- nian native and a lawyer in Italy, a member of the editorial board of the jour- nal Odvetnik (Lawyer) – published by the Slovenian Bar – for more than 20 years. He was among the first lawyers on the Italian side of the border who in the 1970s began with the procedures of turning primarily Slovenian surnames back to Slovenian forms from their Italian versions.

Keywords: Karlo Primožič, in memoriam, death, journal Odvetnik (Lawyer), Slovenian Bar.